Kristmann Guðmundsson (October 23, 1901, Thverfell,

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– November 20, 1983,

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) was an

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ic novelist notable for his works of

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. Kristmann was born out of wedlock to a country girl who left him in the care of her impoverished family. He ran away from home at the age of thirteen. From 1924 to 1937 he lived in

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, and returned to Reykjavík in 1938. Kristmann worked first as a journalist, then as a writer. He wrote more than thirty books, several of them in Norwegian, of

Works

*''The Bridal Gown'' (1927) *''Morning of Life'' (1929) *''Winged Citadel'' (1937) *''Playthings'' (1961) *''The Square'' (1969)

External links

* 1901 births 1983 deaths Kristmann Gudmundsson Kristmann Gudmundsson {{Iceland-writer-stub